I still cringe when I think back to our family vacation, 2013, and the shocked look on my then 7 year olds face as we watched another child attack the all-you-can-eat buffet with reckless abandon. I’m not sure if it was the sheer quantity of quickly consumed nuggets, the slow drip of the cheesy goo oozing […]
As a parent of two kids, the season of fall fills our home with a flurry of excitement and many countdown days. It seems no sooner does school begin, the kids start to count down the days until winter break But, in the middle of it all comes Halloween. Ah yes, the delight of every […]
Summer foods. Families are in the groove having swapped out the book bag and lunch box for pool-noodles and picnic baskets. And, while many parents follow a routine meal plan during the school year, a carefree mindset kicks in once the last bell rings in June. Enter summer foods. Unfortunately, all the healthy-select sandwiches, carefully cut […]
Whether it be around the holiday table, at a restaurant, during a birthday party or in the course of an every day dinner, parents everywhere struggle with their children about finishing their meal before having a treat or dessert. Sure, who would not want to indulge in sugary, chocolate goodness instead of a hunk of […]
Hyperactive. Inattentive. Unfocused. Overactive. These are the labels one teacher put on my child when she was in kindergarten. As most mommies, I thought that can not be MY kid she is referring. As the weeks went on, the blips on behavior increased. Every few days a note was sent home outlining challenging behavior and […]
